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...jury subpoenas were issued to men convinced they were safe from such summonses. The high-rolling lifestyle they enjoyed was sharply straitened by Internal Revenue Service agents, who carefully checked any discrepancies between reported income and visible spending. Most of the scrutiny was the result of a growing public clamor for a curb on Mob activity?not Joe Colombo's public posturing. But Mafia chieftains blamed him nonetheless, and at least one prominent Mafioso believed that Colombo and the league had netted him a grand jury subpoena...
Beyond that looms the question of what the Penn Central can do with any money that it collects. The properties are burdened with mortgages totaling $435 million. Not only the mortgage lenders but also the Penn Central's other creditors will clamor for repayment, and the tangles are sure to keep platoons of lawyers well fed for years...
John Keafs was returned to the Houghton Library yesterday, apparently safe and sound, amidst a rising clamor of accusations and recriminations over his removal on Tuesday...
...have been particularly shocked and dismayed at your decision to intervene in these proceedings in the midst of the public clamor. Your decision can only have been prompted by the response of a vocal segment of our population, who, while acting in good faith, cannot be aware of the evidence which resulted in Lieutenant Calley's conviction. Your intervention has damaged the military judicial system and lessened any respect it may have gained...
...chic schools and the most chic of the city's progressive schools. Since it opened in 1919, Dalton has let children set their own pace through a curriculum rich in art and music. In the post-Sputnik 1960s, though, Dalton's board joined the national clamor for more academic rigor and became ever more eager for a school that could push children into high-prestige colleges. To tighten up, the board of trustees picked a stubborn new headmaster in 1964. As it turns out, Donald Barr may now be too stubborn to survive...